aplaudían
[aplawˈð̞iãn]
The verdict
“aplaudían” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #56,080 among 120,137 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,080
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 120,137
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de aplaudir.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aplaudían |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [aplawˈð̞iãn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #56,080 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “aplaudían” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
aplaudían is uncommon Spanish at frequency #56,080 among 120,137 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [aplawˈð̞iãn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de aplaudir.".
No misspelling variants are generated for aplaudían in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is aplaudían, spelled A-P-L-A-U-D-Í-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de aplaudir.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-P-L-A-U-D-Í-A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [aplawˈð̞iãn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.